General Knowledge Quiz

[Gloster]

Utah and Oklahoma?

Sorry, no.

 

[SuspectUsual]

I think one will be Tennessee

 

[GRALISTAIR]

If I get this wrong shame on me. Without a shadow of a doubt it is Missouri and Tennessee. They also border each other on TNs northwest and MOs southeast borders.

Has featured on multiple quizzes nights and of course I have lived/worked and had my home airport in both states. MCI and CHA to be precise.

 

[Gloster]

If I get this wrong shame on me. Without a shadow of a doubt it is Missouri and Tennessee. They also border each other on TNs northwest and MOs southeast borders.

Has featured on multiple quizzes nights and of course I have lived/worked and had my home airport in both states. MCI and CHA to be precise.

You are quite correct, sir.

To you to state the next question.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Name the top 3 US states in order of coastline length starting with the longest.

 

[D6130]

California

Texas

Florida?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

California

Texas

Florida?

Sorry no

 

[Gloster]

Alaska
Florida
Texas

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Alaska
Florida
Texas

Getting really warm

 

[GRALISTAIR]

California

Texas

Florida?

2 correct but in wrong order

 

[D1511]

Alaska, Texas, California

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Alaska, Texas, California

2 out of three and the two are in the correct positions.

 

[DaleCooper]

Hawaii

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Hawaii

That is 4th

 

[GRALISTAIR]

The three states are in the answers posted so far.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Alaska
Florida
California

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Alaska
Florida
California

We have a winner. Please coast into the next question

 

[Peterthegreat]

Thank you.
Moving back across The Pond.
Who is the only person to serve unelected as the president of the Fifth Republic of France?

 

[Gloster]

Pompidou?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Pompidou?

Not Pompidou.

 

[Gloster]

De Gaulle, then. In the initial transition to the Fifth Republic?

 

[Peterthegreat]

De Gaulle, then. In the initial transition to the Fifth Republic?

Not de Gaulle.
I'll add to that. De Gaulle was not elected by popular vote but was elected by electoral college - the system then in place in 1958.
The answer I'm looking for was not elected but twice became the interim president

 

[SuspectUsual]

The guy who briefly followed each of De Gaulle and Pompidou - was he called Pouchier?

 

[Peterthegreat]

The guy who briefly followed each of De Gaulle and Pompidou - was he called Pouchier?

That's the guy near enough. Although his name was actually Alain Poher.
Your turn to preside over the next question.

 

[SuspectUsual]

On which track did Ayrton Senna win his last Grand Prix in the UK?

 

[Acathater]

Brands Hatch?

 

[AndyPJG]

Donnington Park?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Brands Hatch?

Donnington Park?

Well you both managed to avoid the QI Klaxon of saying Silverstone!

Its Donington, and more precisely the 1993 European Grand Prix

@AndyPJG you're on pole position for the next question

 

[AndyPJG]

Well you both managed to avoid the QI Klaxon of saying Silverstone!

It's Donington, and more precisely the 1993 European Grand Prix

@AndyPJG you're on pole position for the next question

Thank you (didn't he make 7 pit stops in the ran and set fastest lap when going through the pit lane?), will be out for the evening so Open Track

 

[Peter Mugridge]

In that case I'll jump in with another F1 question.

As of the end of the 2025 season, how many individual drivers have won a race?